Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. iTutorGroup, Inc. et al

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Case Number:

1:22-cv-02565

Court:

New York Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Pamela K. Chen

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  1. August 11, 2023

    EEOC Deal In AI Suit May Be Tip Of Enforcement Iceberg

    A recently announced $365,000 settlement between the EEOC and a tutoring services company accused of using software to unlawfully screen out older job seekers shows the agency will be willing to flex its enforcement muscles as it increasingly homes in on employers' use of artificial intelligence, experts say. 

  2. August 10, 2023

    EEOC Nets Deal In Novel Age Bias Suit Over Hiring Software

    A China-based tutoring outfit agreed to pay $365,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it used software to weed out older job-seekers, marking an end to a case the agency said showed why it needs to police artificial intelligence.

  3. January 02, 2023

    4 EEOC Cases To Watch In 2023

    A groundbreaking U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit challenging an automated hiring tool that allegedly screened out older applicants tops the list of agency suits discrimination lawyers will be keeping tabs on in the new year. Here, Law360 looks at four EEOC cases to watch in 2023.

  4. May 05, 2022

    EEOC Says Tutor Co. Used Software To Nix Older Applicants

    An English-language tutoring outfit that used software to sift through job applicants violated federal law by programming that software to automatically reject older applicants, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday.